Harbord Valley Landscaping

Two years ago we bought a house we really liked, partly because it had an unusually large backyard. We spent the first year upgrading the inside of the house, and we didn't get as much use out of the backyard as we could have anyway. Then our kid arrived and the closer he gets to walking, the more urgent it became to replace the crumbling fence on one side, the rotting deck with the tons of mysterious dirt underneath it, the gondola that had also become a safety hazard with boards warping and nails jutting out, a messy crabapple tree greatly beloved by the neighbourhood raccoons...

We looked for landscapers highly rated on this site, and Josh came up. He came last year to give us a quote, and told us that if we were demolishing the deck, we might like to have a stone patio and stone stairs, which sounded pretty good. Then we had some blips with funds and had to do some plumbing work, so we ended up waiting an extra year.

Josh came back and his crew, including Mike, Mack, and another great guy whose name I don't remember, worked for two weeks on this project, dealing with various surprises with ease: once the dirt under the deck was removed it turned out the foundation needed parging; there were several surprisingly thick slabs of concrete set up around the yard that had to be destroyed, etc. The end result is not especially fancy, because that is what I wanted - a simple, usable backyard with tons of play space, and that's what I have now. The price was completely fair for the work. Surpassed my hopes.